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Washes ashore, leaving dead wildlife on the sand. And these are live pictures from la palma on Spains Canary islands, where Volcanic Activity is intensifying. Hello, we begin with a massive legal financial documents which has exposed the secret wealth and Business Dealings of hundreds of world leaders, politicians and billionaires around 35 current and former leaders and more than 300 Public Officials are featured in the files from offshore companies. They have been dubbed the � Pandora Papers�. The files include revelations about the financial dealings of the king ofjordan, the former british Prime Minister tony blair, the russian president Vladimir Putin and the czech Prime Minister andrej babis. The examination of the files has been organised by the International Consortium investigative journalists. In the uk, the investigation has been led by bbc panorama and the guardian. Bbc panoramas Richard Bilton reports. It is one of the worlds most glamorous addresses. So this is David Beckhams place on the right. Home to the stars. That is simon cowell� s place right there. Just there . But even the guides dont know who owns one imposing villa on malibus cliffs. Who lives here on this house on the left, just here now . Who lives here . I have no idea. Extremely impressive. The secret owner has bought the properties on either side, too. We know his identity because of a huge leak of offhsore documents. They were obtained by the International Consortium of investigativejournalists and shared with more than 600 reporters, including the guardian in the uk. The documents showed the Malibu Property was held through a Company Called nabisco holdings, but the real owner is Abdullah Al Sharif al hussein, the king ofjordan. Call to prayer plays. King abdullah� s country is not rich. Jordan is getting over five years £650 million of uk aid. But we found the king owned properties in washington and london as well, 15 in total. He spent £70 million. Its just very, very difficult for the average jordanian to achieve just sort of home and family and a good job. To have it really thrown injordanians� faces that he has just been sort of funnelling money abroad all this time, that would look really bad. The king ofjordan� s lawyers said there is nothing improper about his ownership of properties and the source of funds is personal wealth, which he also uses to Fund Projects forjordan� s citizens. The files show a Property Deal involving a former uk Prime Minister. This is not about hiding wealth offshore, but tony blair did benefit from a loophole. 0ffshore trusts get tax relief while homeowners pay vat on insurance premiums. We will create a tax system that is fair, which is related to ability to pay. On his way to power, tony blair promised tax reform but he and his wife saved money when they bought this place in Central London in 2017 it cost them £6. 5 million. Stamp duty on a property like this would be more than £300,000 that is what you or i would pay if we bought this property direct from someone else, but the blairs did not pay it. That is because the property was owned by an offshore company, and the blairs bought that Company Rather than the property itself. No rules were broken, no stamp duty to pay. That does not look great and so, even if what the blairs did was perfectly legal, perfectly legitimate in the business world, it feels instinctively really unfair because they got access to an advantage a potential advantage that the rest of us dont have. Cherie blair told the bbc they did not request to structure the transaction this way and that after purchase, they had brought the property under uk tax and regulatory rules. A spokesman added the couple will be liable for Capital Gains tax on resale. Richard bilton, bbc news. Here are some of the other revelations in the papers. The investigation found azerbaijans president and his associate are secretly involved in 17 Property Deals in the uk worth more than 541 million. The files also found the president of cyprus� s own legal firm appeared to have provided fake owners for a rich russian client though fake owners for a rich russian client though this is strongly disputed. Documents also show the czech Prime Minister who is facing an election next week failed to declare an offshore Investment Company used to purchase two villas for 60 million in the south of france. Andrej babis has responded to the Pandora Papers allegations on social media. He said on twitter he had never done anything illegal or wrong, calling the claims an effort to try to denigrate him and influence the czech parliamentary elections. This is duncan haynes� s, director of policy, transparency international, reaction. Transparency international, reaction transparency international, reaction. , � reaction. Sometimes it isnt even about reaction. Sometimes it isnt even about avoiding reaction. Sometimes it isnt even about avoiding tax, i reaction. Sometimes it isnt even about avoiding tax, ifl reaction. Sometimes it isnt i even about avoiding tax, if you are a public official and you receive a bribe in order to avoid a healthcare contract, to avoid a healthcare contract, to a greenie of yours, and it isnt the best deal for your country travel it is suffering as a result of you taking a kickback award a bribe. Corruption is not a victimless crime, farfrom it, people who rely on their government to support them in their hour of need are the ones who lose out when their politicians have been furthering their own interests instead of putting people first. And you can read more about todays expose on the bbc news app or at our website, bbc. Com news. And over the coming days, we will also be bringing in more revelations from the Pandora Papers. The us as it is very concerned about what it called provocative Military Activity by china near taiwan. It follows flights by Chinese Military jets follows flights by Chinese Militaryjets into time and ease our defence zones over the past three days. He raised tensions between the island and beijing. How provocative a move was this by china . Earlier i spoke to ian bremer, here is his take. It spoke to ian bremer, here is his take. , spoke to ian bremer, here is his take his take. It is meant to get headlines his take. It is meant to get headlines and his take. It is meant to get headlines and have his take. It is meant to get headlines and have us his take. It is meant to get headlines and have us talk| headlines and have us talk about it, and we are, but lets be clear that while a number of incursions into this Air Defence Identification Zone is unprecedented in the last three days, 93 separate incursions, it is also something that happens all the time. It is not an incursion into taiwanese airspace and both the americans and the chinese well though the red lines on taiwan that could lead to real confrontation and neither at this point have come close to actually breaching them. If close to actually breaching them. ,. Them. If it is unprecedented i. Uess them. If it is unprecedented i auess it them. If it is unprecedented i guess it is them. If it is unprecedented i guess it is a them. If it is unprecedented i guess it is a bold them. If it is unprecedented i guess it is a bold move them. If it is unprecedented i guess it is a bold move and l them. If it is unprecedented i i guess it is a bold move and now i want to ask you about the timing and china sees taiwan as a breakaway province. Do you think the longer this goes on, possibly they are losing hearts and minds to taiwan and also, it shows that china is more confident about its military endeavours now. Confident about its military endeavours now. China certainly is more confident endeavours now. China certainly is more confident about is more confident about standing upfor is more confident about standing up for the principles and want the americans to treat them with respect, they think thatis them with respect, they think that is not happening, and of course the americans are also doing a lot more in asia through a National Security lens. You know about the recent summit that the quad had, the United States, japan, india and australia, and at the white house the Chinese Government told all of those governments dont you dare have this meeting and they did anyway. Aukus, the Submarine Deal that upset the french, upset the chinese a lot more. Both sides are doing things that are unprecedented in each other� s backyard. Still, the status quo on taiwan is probably the most significant and deepest piece of policy between these two countries that dont trust each other that has existed for decades now and so i do want to be clear but were not actually close to a real crisis on even though both sides want to be paid attention to. The economist paid attention to. The economist recently i paid attention to. The i economist recently said paid attention to. The economist recently said it paid attention to. The economist recently said it is a shockingly possible war but i guess america, which was questioned about its role in afghanistan, some said it had left the afghans in the lurch recently, he said their support for taiwan is rock solid now and presumably from the recent actions, you would agree. I would agree with that. I think that afghanistan is much more akin to us behaviour in places like ukraine or Syria Orformer soviet georgia, places that the americans had some commitment to didnt really care about from a National Security perspective. But it is very clear from all of the actions taken by both the trump and biden administrations that taiwan is very different and believe me, Senior Leaders in beijing understand the difference. Beijing understand the difference. Lets get some of the days other news now. North korea said it would restore Severed Inter Korean hotlines starting on monday, State Media Kcna reported. North korea severed the hotlines in order early north korea severed the hotlines in early august in protest of joint south korean us military exercises, just days after reopening them for the first time a year. Japans parliament is holding an extraordinary session later in which Fumio Kushida is expected to be that confirmed the new pm. He won the election last week and is widely seen as an establishment candidate. He replaces outgoing Prime Minister suga but must call a General Election before the end of november. A week after germanys inconclusive General Election, the outgoing chancellor Angela Merkel has urged politicians to resolve their differences. She said while political leaders had diverging views, above all, they still had things in common and should listen to each other. Her conservative cdu party narrowly trail the centre left sdp, both hoping to form a coalition with the smaller greens and free democrats. Negotiations are likely to take weeks, giving Angela Merkel The Caretaker Position in the meantime. As in applicable beaches in Orange County are closed as dead wildlife shop on the sand with almost 500,000 Litres Of Oil Leaking from a pipeline connected to an offshore oil rig. Courtney bambridge reports. California is known for its beaches but not like this. Clumps of oil and tar the size of softballs scatter the shoreline, as well as dead birds and fish. More than 120,000 gallons of oil has leaked into the ocean from a broken pipeline five miles off the coast. We broken pipeline five miles off the coast broken pipeline five miles off the coast. ~. , the coast. We are in the midst of a potential the coast. We are in the midst of a potential ecological of a potential ecological disaster here at Huntington Beach and as the exhibits and pictures here illustrate, the oil spill has significantly impacted our community. The broken pipeline impacted our community. The broken pipeline is connected to an Offshore Oil Platform Run by an Offshore Oil Platform Run by a subsidiary of houston based amplify energy. The company says the pipeline has now been shut off and the remaining oil suctioned out. It shut off and the remaining oil suctioned out. Suctioned out. It has been maintained. Suctioned out. It has been maintained. We suctioned out. It has been maintained. We are maintained. We are investigating if the pipeline is the source of this, how this happened. Aha, is the source of this, how this happened happened. A huge cleanup operation happened. A huge cleanup operation is happened. A huge cleanup operation is under happened. A huge cleanup operation is under way happened. A huge cleanup operation is under way to i happened. A huge cleanupl operation is under way to try to stop the oil reaching sensitive wetlands nearby and people are being urged to avoid the beaches. You people are being urged to avoid the beaches. The beaches. You can feel the va our the beaches. You can feel the vapour in the beaches. You can feel the vapour in the the beaches. You can feel the vapour in the air. The beaches. You can feel the vapour in the air. I the beaches. You can feel the vapour in the air. I saw the beaches. You can feel the vapour in the air. I saw what i j vapour in the air. I saw what i will describe as little Pancake Clusters of oil along the shoreline and ive described it as Something Like an egg yolk. If you put it, it kind of spreads out, so we dont want people to disturb those little clusters. ,. , people to disturb those little clusters. ,. , clusters. Local Authorities Say it is too soon clusters. Local Authorities Say it is too soon to clusters. Local Authorities Say it is too soon to say clusters. Local Authorities Say it is too soon to say whether i it is too soon to say whether the Company Responsible will face criminal charges. Courtney bambridge, bbc news. Thank you for your company here on bbc news. Stay with us. Still to come, mr one of front� s most recognisable figures, the full bore club owner and musician Bernard Tapie who has died at 78. This was a celebration by people who were relishing their freedom. They believe everythings going to be different from now on. They think their country will be respected in the world once more as it used to be before Slobodan Milosevic took power. The dalai lama, the exiled spiritual leader of tibet, has won this years nobel peace prize. As the parade was reaching its climax, two grenades exploded and a group Of Soldiersjumped from a Military Truck taking part in the parade and ran towards the president , firing kalashnikov automatic rifles. After 437 years, the Skeleton Ribs of henry viiis tragic warship emerged. But even as divers work to buoy her up, the mary rose went through another. Heart stopping drama. I want to be the peoples governor. I want to represent everybody. I believe in the people of california. This is bbc news. The latest headlines. The secret wealth and Business Dealings of hundreds of world leaders, politicians and billionaires has been exposed in one of the biggest leaks of financial documents dubbed the Pandora Papers. The us says it is very concerned about the rising tensions between china and taiwan with Chinese Military jets flying into taiwans Air Defence Zone over the past three days. Lets turn to afghanistan now. Reports from kabul say taliban fighters have launched attacks on suspected Islamic State militant hideouts hours after a blast outside a mosque killed eight people. Some residents said they heard an explosion followed by heavy gunfire. 0ur south asia Anbarasan Ethirajan has more on the blast. No group has admitted responsibility so far for this blast outside the mosque in kabul, one of the biggest in the eastern part of the city. A day earlier the taliban had announced that there would be a Memorial Service for the late mother of the talibans spokesperson and the Deputy Minister for information, zabiullah mujahid. And what is striking is that it came only yesterday, that announcement, and today there was a bomb attack on this gathering in which many taliban members would have been there. And several people have been injured in the casualties are likely to rise according to taliban officials. This is happening almost six weeks after the taliban seized power in one of the biggest points they were arguing was that they would bring a Law And Order situation under control and they said they would bring down the number of crimes. But there have been attacks on taliban fighters in the eastern part of afghanistan but this is the first major attack and also a reminder of the taliban of challenges they face and also the risks that the armed groups can cause to taliban rulers there. In france, an independent Commission Investigating sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic church has found that thousands of paedophiles had been working as priests over the last 70 yea rs. The final report will be released on tuesday and one victim said it would have the effect of a bomb. The enquiry was set up in 2018 by the church in response to a number of scandals. For more, i spoke to matt carroll, r who worked at the globe in 2002, he helped to expose the files in the church there, a story made into an Academy Award winning film called spotlight. Heres his analysis of what investigators face. The biggest problem, a tough problem is talking to the victims themselves who have gone through such a traumatic experience and you have to be so sensitive in dealing with them. For some of them it is just brutal to talk about and others are ok but you have to realise that for some of them their lives have been destroyed, others managed to pick up and carry on to some extent but it has obviously been a hugely traumatic experience for all victims. And for many people. Does the scale of this abuse, thousands of paedophiles in the french catholic church, surprise you . I wish i could say i am surprised with it, but since our story came out in 2002 there has been a constant stream of revelations every year and i wish i could say that everything that came out 20 years ago or 120 years ago and the problem was gone but i am not shocked. It is a scandal that just keeps breaking. Indeed, and particularly on your patch. We will find out more details on tuesday about this but we understand there are 22 cases where criminal action could still be launched. Do you have faith in the Justice System to catch up for lost time . It is so hard, and i know in the us the statute of limitations had run out on so many cases. It was very, very rare that they are able to prosecute. Normally these are Young Children who are abused and some of them dont come to realise that they were abused until much, much later. I was reading a story on your own site there, about nuns who were abused and one of the women was a0 years old before she realised it was abuse. By that point the statute of limitations has already expired so its really hard, memories of something that happened 20 or 30 years ago, some people have died, the whole bit, those are really hard cases to prosecute. The problem is sexual abuse wasnt criminalised. Pope francis has changed that now. Do you think more needs to be done to create a safer environment from everything you have seen or is that enough . The more they can do, the better off everyone will be and i hope the church keeps pushing to make changes. Its been a long, long tough road and itjust seems like it has been so difficult to get people in rome to really focus on this as a huge worldwide problem and i dont know, i am not there and not recording this anymore but itjust seems like they are not yet painful attention to this. The spanish Prime Minister says the government will provide 230 million in Reconstruction Aid to la palma because of the ongoing volcanic explosion there. Eight new earthquakes have been recorded and earthquake activity remains intense. It is now thought that those eruptions could continue for another two months. Danjohnson is in la palma with this update. How can life return to a landscape disfigured like this . The lava still churning up this hillside and burning through more of these homes. So at its source, i asked the Main Volcano Expert here how long it will take to recover . The lava flows will keep the heat inside for years. It is going to depend on the thickness of the lava flow. At times, the Scorched Earth resembles a battlefield. And it sounds like one, too. How is it to live near to this . Iam afraid. Very, very much. At night it always makes loud noises and i am afraid to sleep here. Will you stay . No. And we found gert, retired here from germany in the last house before the exclusion zone. If you dont have to live here, it is marvellous. But the noise, it will come in the night, maybe it comes nearer, i dont know. Do you feel safe . At the moment, yes. The volcano is still really active, more lava is flowing and more ash. Look at the effect it is having on the nearest homes, look at the amount of volcanic dust that is at the bottom of the swimming pool. A big effort for people here to keep their homes safe and clean. On this site, you get a real perspective on the trail of lava, all that black, steaming mound flowing down the hillside. That is where all those homes have been destroyed. The Satellite Picture shows clearly how it has sliced through the island. The most important thing is that this eruption cannot generate loss of human lives. It is impossible. Impossible . Impossible, if we behave. But it is the behaviour of natures most volatile forces that dictates when this incredible show comes to an end and how much more is lost in the process. Dan johnson, bbc news. Lets go live to la palma. As dan said, can see the volcano is still spewing out lava. Thousands have been evacuated. Now one of frances most recognisable figures, Football Club owner and businessman Bernard Tapie his family said he passed away peacefully after battling stomach cancer. There have been many tributes, including from the french president. Heres tim allman. To describe benard tapies life as colourful would seem to be something of an understatement. He was a man who experienced both the highest of highs and then the lowest of lows. This was probably the sweetest moment. As owner of olympic marseille, bringing the european cup home in 1993. The first french team to ever win the competition. But only a few years later he was sent to 0utside his home in marseille people left flowers and scarves in tribute to someone still loved and admired despite it all. Translation he is a great man who put his mark on history and he impacted french life. He was a great frenchman. Translation | came here for the death of Bernard Tapie. For supporters of marseille, he is a great man but also a great man for france. He has given us much happiness. Bernard tapie was born in the working class suburbs of paris. His career was eclectic, to say the least. At one point or another he was a singer, an actor, a race car driver, a politician and, most of all, a businessman. The french president Emmanuel Macron said that Bernard Tapies ambition and enthusiasm were a source of inspiration for generations of french people. Bernard tapie, who has died at the age of 78. That is all from us, thanks forjoining us. Goodbye. Hello. Were eyeing up another area of low pressure, another spell of wind and rain heading into parts of the uk overnight monday into tuesday. Until then, it is showers, not quite as windy for monday. It will still be breezy out there, especially in wales and england. So, on this brisk flow of air coming in from the west, the showers mostly across Western Areas developing low pressure, though, to the southwest will bring that rain later in the day that next area of low pressure. Starting numbers for monday, showers, some heavy, just running through Southeast England and east anglia early on before theyre clearing away. Then many eastern areas will be largely dry for the rest of the day, just the odd hit and miss shower. A scattering of showers to the west, any where you catch a shower could be heavy, could be some hail mixed in and perhaps the rumble of thunder. And as for temperatures, were topping out at around 13 17 celsius, some decent spells of sunshine around. Rain gathering, though, to the southwest, that next area of low pressure pushing the rain into southwest england and wales. Some of this will be heavy on monday evening. Then it feeds across the rest of england, and then going into tuesday, its a question ofjust how far north that rain is going to get. Quite a chilly night, though, in scotland and Northern Ireland, where it stays clear with lighter winds on tuesday morning. So, something to playn for in the detail of where this band of rain is going to come to a halt on tuesday, maybe affecting parts of northern england, but also toward southern and eastern scotland, so we will keep you updated on that. There will be showers elsewhere though much of North West Scotland and Northern Ireland will avoid the rain from this weather system, it will be a cool day on tuesday and near that rain, theres a chance of gales as well. The area of low pressure will slowly move away into the north sea as we go on into wednesday with High Pressure building in behind. Still breezy across eastern areas with early showers or some spells of rain slowly easing. Lighter winds elsewhere with some sunshine around, clouding up again towards Northern Ireland and parts of scotland later in the day as outbreaks of rain move in on wednesday. Now, later in the week, theres a change of weather pattern, if you like, low pressure. This is ex Hurricane Sam in the north west. A trailing weather front, though, will be sitting across parts of scotland and Northern Ireland thursday into friday with a chance of rain, whereas elsewhere, High Pressure is building in. Now, all parts will turn milder, but drierfor wales and england, quite a bit of cloud, though, and some mist and fog around. This is bbc news. The headlines the secret wealth and Business Dealings of hundreds of world leaders, politicians and billionaires has been exposed in one of the biggest leaks of financial documents dubbed � the Pandora Papers. � bbc panorama, and a year long investigation involving 650 journalists, hazard access to 12 million documents, sparking allegations of global Tax Avoidance and corruption. The United States as it is very concerned about the rising tensions between china and taiwan with Chinese Military jets flying into taiwan� s Air Defence Zone over the last three days. It raised tensions between the island and beijing. A large oil slick has begun Washing Ashore in Southern California with beaches in Orange County closed as oil and dead wildlife washer on the sand. Almost 500,000 litres of oil has leaked from a pipeline

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